Mr. Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat 

Ms. Melissa de Kock, UNEP-WCMC

1. “International cooperation as a catalyst for institutional building: the case of Lake Sevan in Armenia” by Ms. Gayane Shahnazaryan, Deputy Director, Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center (SNCO)
    
2. “Using technologies for spatial planning in Southern Africa” by Mr. Farai Tererai, Director, Biodiversity Assessments, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
    
3. “The transformative role of youth in advancing Ecuador’s efforts to implement global biodiversity commitments: the case of Youth Seed Fund for Biodiversity” by Mr. Andrés Ricardo Factos Mendoza, CBD National Focal Point, Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
    
4. “Institutional strengthening and financing mechanisms to support biodiversity action in Yemen” by Mr. Khaled Al-Sharabi, NBSAP Project Manager, Environment Protection Authority
    
5. “Implementation readiness to foster biodiversity finance in Tajikistan” by Ms. Nozanin Rasulova, Biodiversity Analyst, and Ms. Farangisi Umedzoda, BIOFIN Coordinator, National Biodiversity and Biosafety Center (NBBC)

Table 1: Strengthening national implementation pathways 
Moderator: NBSAP Accelerator Partnership with support from UNDP

This discussion will focus on finding potential solutions to the capacity development and TSCC-related implementation gaps and challenges identified in the global report and in recent needs assessments. Participants will explore ways and means of enhancing capacity to:

• Strengthen implementation pathways and develop systematized roadmaps for translating the ambition set out in NBSAPs into prioritized and well sequenced measurable actions and coherent delivery systems tailored to national circumstances, institutional realities and available resources;
• Shift the capacity development approach from fragmented short-term technical interventions to more longer-term programmatic and integrated initiatives; 
• Strengthen national institutional capacities and coordination mechanisms; 
• Build implementation-ready capacity action packages and project portfolios;
• Identify and scale-up and replicate successful initiatives and partnerships, including good practices and lessons learned from the stories of change shared during the previous session and other examples.

Table 2: Strengthening inclusive governance and shared implementation 
Moderator: UNEP-WCMC with support from IFAD

This discussion will focus on identifying solutions for strengthening inclusive governance and shared implementation across government and society, including options for:

• Institutionalizing the whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach and creating inclusive structured institutional arrangements for stakeholder engagement; 
• Strengthening inter-institutional coordination and collaboration;
• Strengthening and empowering local and community-led implementation;
• Enabling multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Table 3: Enhancing Technical and Scientific Cooperation and Technology Transfer
Moderator: TSCC IUCN/ECARO with support from TSCC Europe

This discussion will will focus on identifying practical solutions by examining what works, under which conditions, and what approaches may need to be adapted, while exploring opportunities to strengthen:

• Regional cooperation and peer exchanges; 
• South-South and triangular cooperation; 
• Communities of practice and learning networks; 
• Cooperation on technology development and transfer; 
• The role of the TSC Support Centres in facilitating all of the above.

Table 4: Strengthening the Enabling Environment Capacity for Biodiversity Action
Moderator: UNDP with support from NBSAP Accelerator Partnership

This discussion will focus on ways and means to strengthen the enabling environment capacity to support and accelerate implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Participants will explore three dimensions:

• Policy, legal frameworks and political will;
• Institutions, mandates and coherence;
• Finance and fiscal integration. 

Facilitator: Ms. Melissa de Kock

Round table moderators

Closing remarks

Ms. Astrid Schomaker 
CBD Executive Secretary

Ms. Inka Gnittke
Co-Chair NBSAP Accelerator Partnership

Mr. ⁠Hambardzum Matevosyan
COP 17 President